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Post by phas3e on Mar 25, 2009 7:10:34 GMT 12
Hard to tell but these are 488Sqn Buffalos, Just a small pic, propably still needs some work   |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 25, 2009 13:04:46 GMT 12
Brilliant!
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Post by baz62 on Mar 25, 2009 16:13:20 GMT 12
Where are they from?
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Post by phas3e on Mar 25, 2009 16:23:39 GMT 12
Cheers guys These are all from the flight sim IL2 the original screen from the game was the first ki21, I added all the others via photoshop from other screenshots to get the right placement I wanted and edited the lighting and shadows for effect I cant guarantee the accuracy of the Ki21 paints schemes to ones used over Singapore but they look cool in the palm leaf type squiggles The Buffalos are the famous NF-O W8138 (Green Dragon) and NF-I W8150  |
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Post by baz62 on Mar 25, 2009 16:35:18 GMT 12
Nice, a mate at work is lending me one of the IL2 follow ons (1946 I believe) I used to play IL2 and the packs, sometimes one on one against my brother in law. (Who loved shooting me down since I have a pilots licence and he doesn't  ) |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 26, 2009 22:08:12 GMT 12
Did the Buffalo have glazing on the underside?
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Post by corsair67 on Mar 26, 2009 22:25:49 GMT 12
Joe, I think the Buffalo had underside glazed panels as the aircraft was designed to carry small bombs at one point.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 27, 2009 21:15:12 GMT 12
Thanks, I'd never noticed that before I saw the picture here.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 27, 2009 21:44:01 GMT 12
I have always found it interesting that the colour scheme of the Buffaloes was black and white underneath, a scheme dropped by the RAF after the Battle of France. Were they in storage for over a year and not repainted or something? Also notice how the underside roundels are almost falling off the wingtips, rather odd.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 30, 2009 9:30:34 GMT 12
Maybe they were destined for delivery to Europe before things got nasty in the Asia Pacific region? I doubt that painting would have been a priority at that time.
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